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UMG Recordings v. Uncharted Labs (Udio) copyright case

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Defendants

The major record labels allege Udio copied their sound recordings to train its AI music generator.

The case

Court
US District Court, Southern District of New York
Docket
1:24-cv-04777
Filed
Jun 24, 2024
Status
ActiveUMG and Warner settled with Udio in late 2025; Sony remains. Judge Hellerstein denied Udio's motion to dismiss the DMCA claim in April 2026.

History

3 dated entries
OrderJun 29 · 4mo agoORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT denying 160 Motion to Amend/Correct; denying 162 Motion to Amend/CorrectSource
RulingApr 15 · 7mo agoOrder denying Udio motion to dismiss DMCA claimSource
FilingJun 24, 2024 · 2.4y agoComplaint filed: UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Uncharted Labs, Inc.Source
CopyrightActiveDec 14 · in 35dDow Jones sued v. PerplexityThe Wall Street Journal and New York Post publishers say Perplexity copies their articles to answer questions.Telephone conferenceS.D. N.Y.filed Oct 2024CopyrightActiveUnverifiedDec 17 · in 38dCarreyrou sued v. Anthropic PBCSued for copyright infringement.Motion to dismiss hearingN.D. Cal.filed Dec 2025CopyrightActiveJan 12, 2027 · in 64dJamendo sued v. NVIDIAJamendo alleges NVIDIA used its music catalog to train audio AI models without permission.Initial case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Jun 2026CopyrightActiveJul 26, 2027 · in 9moHendrix sued v. AppleAuthors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson allege Apple trained its OpenELM and Apple Intelligence models on pirated books from the Books3 dataset; later consolidated with Martinez-Conde and Alexander v. Apple.Further case management conferenceN.D. Cal.filed Sep 2025CopyrightActiveAug 31, 2027 · in 10moGetty Images sued v. Stability AI (N.D. Cal.)Getty refiled its US copyright and trademark claims over Stable Diffusion training in California after its Delaware case stalled on jurisdiction.Dispositive motion hearingN.D. Cal.filed Aug 2025CopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Dow Jones & Company, Inc. sued v. Bradstreet & Company, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.S.D. OhioCopyrightActiveUnverifiedfiled Oct 2026Elsevier Inc. sued v. Meta Platforms, Inc.Sued for copyright infringement.N.D. Cal.CopyrightActivefiled Sep 2026UMG Recordings sued v. Suno (II)A second label suit against Suno covering about 60,000 additional works, filed parallel to the original 2024 case.D. Mass.
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UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Uncharted Labs, Inc.

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